| 词条 | Edward Roy Becker |
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| honorific-prefix = | name = Edward Roy Becker | honorific-suffix = | image = Judgebecker.jpg | alt = | caption = | office = Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | term_start = May 4, 2003 | term_end = May 19, 2006 | office1 = Chief Judge of United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | term_start1 = 1998 | term_end1 = 2003 | predecessor1 = Dolores Sloviter | successor1 = Anthony Joseph Scirica | office2 = Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | term_start2 = December 3, 1981 | term_end2 = May 4, 2003 | nominator2 = | appointer2 = Ronald Reagan | predecessor2 = Max Rosenn | successor2 = Franklin Van Antwerpen | office3 = Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | term_start3 = October 14, 1970 | term_end3 = January 22, 1982 | nominator3 = | appointer3 = Richard Nixon | predecessor3 = Seat established by 84 Stat. 294 | successor3 = Thomas Newman O'Neill Jr. | pronunciation = | birth_name = Edward Roy Becker | birth_date = {{Birth date|1933|05|04}} | birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | death_date = {{Death date and age|2006|05|19|1933|05|04}} | death_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | citizenship = | nationality = | party = | otherparty = | height = | spouse = | partner = | relations = | children = | parents = | mother = | father = | relatives = | residence = | education = {{nowrap|University of Pennsylvania (B.A.)}} Yale Law School (LL.B.) | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | known_for = | salary = | net_worth = | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | religion = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | footnotes = }} Edward Roy Becker (May 4, 1933 – May 19, 2006) was a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Education and careerBorn in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Becker received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1954, and his Bachelor of Laws from Yale Law School in 1957. He had a private law practice in Philadelphia from 1957 to 1970. Judicial appointmentsBecker's career as a federal judge began with his nomination to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He was nominated by President Richard M. Nixon on September 24, 1970 to a new seat created by 84 Stat. 294, was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 8, 1970 and received his commission on October 14, 1970. His service terminated on January 22, 1982 due to his elevation to the Third Circuit. Ronald Reagan nominated Becker on November 16, 1981 to the Third Circuit seat vacated by Max Rosenn. Becker was confirmed by the Senate on December 3, 1981 and received his commission on the same day. He served as Chief Judge from 1998 to 2003.[1] He assumed senior status on May 4, 2003. Judicial style and casesBecker was known for the case Mackensworth v. American Trading Transportation Co. a decision that he wrote in verse.[2] He was also known for occasionally inserting humor into judicial rulings.[3] In 1977 Becker was assigned the massive Japanese Electronic Products Antitrust Litigation in which Zenith Radio Corp. and National Union Electric (“N.U.E.”) sought billions of dollars in damages against most of the Japanese television manufacturers and two American companies, Sears, Roebuck and Co. and Motorola. The case had been pending since 1970 when it was first filed by N.U.E. and had been in the hands of a number of federal court judges. The case had languished and Becker began to work to get this case to trial.[4] In 1981, Becker entered summary judgment for all defendants on the antitrust and antidumping claims and dismissed the lawsuits.[5] Plaintiffs appealed and the appellate court reversed Becker’s rulings in favor of the Japanese manufacturers on the antitrust claims, but affirmed the summary judgment for Sears, Roebuck and Co., Motorola, Inc. and Sony.[6] In March, 1986 the Supreme Court of the United States affirmed Becker’s ruling in favor of the defendants on Zenith’s antitrust claims.[7] In 2003, Becker authored the decision on Freethought Society of Greater Philadelphia v. Chester County, ruling that the display of Ten Commandments outside of a courthouse of Chester County did not violate the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.[8] Becker was known for his humility and humanity; clerks were told to come up with strong arguments against his positions and not merely defer to him. He commuted by train for nearly his entire career, often reading cases along the way. His law clerks accompanied him during afternoon walks to visit his elderly mother in center city, discussing cases along the way and back. He was active in civic affairs, including some involvement in the relocation of the Liberty Bell. Family and personal lifeBecker spent virtually all of his life in and around the city of Philadelphia.[9] His family has a strong legal tradition; his father was a lawyer, his wife Flora was also a judge,[9] and two of their three children are also lawyers; son John became a teacher, while son Charles Becker is a lawyer in private practice and daughter Susan has worked for the United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.[10][11] His parents, wife, and friends generally called him Eddie.[9] He was a fan of the Sixers basketball team. He was an expert piano player; a former law clerk of his recruited him to become the pianist for Chief Justice Rehnquist's annual all-court sing-along.[12][13] LegacyThe lobby at the James A. Byrne United States Courthouse in Philadelphia is named in Becker's honor.[14] The block of Chestnut Street that runs from Fifth Street to Sixth Street, between the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall, is marked as Judge Edward R. Becker Way, in recognition of his leadership in the campaign to keep the National Park Service from closing that block to public access in the wake of 9/11.[15] FuneralBecker died of prostate cancer on May 19, 2006.[16] He was both popular and well-connected; the receiving line at his funeral stretched through the synagogue and overflowed into the parking lot, and could not be completed in the two hours time allotted. Eulogies were delivered by Senator Arlen Specter, recently confirmed Supreme Court Justice (and former Third Circuit judge) Samuel Alito, Third Circuit Court colleagues Chief Judge Anthony Scirica and Judge Midge Rendell, and by Stephen Harmelin, managing director of Dilworth Paxson. U.S. Supreme Court Justices Antonin Scalia and David Souter, as well as Justice Alito and Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell attended the ceremony.[12] Citizenship AwardAfter his death, the Fox Rothschild Center for Law and Society of the Community College of Philadelphia created the Judge Edward R. Becker Citizenship Award.[17] Recipients have included:
The award is generally presented by Judge Becker's son, Chip, in the early part of the year, February through April. Law ClerksAmong his law clerks were:
References1. ^{{cite web|title=Entry for Becker, Edward R.|url=https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/becker-edward-roy|publisher=Federal Judicial Center|accessdate=April 11, 2017}} 2. ^{{cite web|title=Poetic Opinions|url=https://jacobburnslawlibrary.wordpress.com/2011/04/07/poetic-opinions/|website=Jacob Burns Law Library|publisher=George Washington University Law School|accessdate=April 11, 2017|date=April 7, 2011}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.texasbar.com/saywhat/weblog/buchmeyer_article_archive/Feb83.asp|title=State Bar of Texas - Say What?!|accessdate=August 1, 2006}} 4. ^”Arnstein & Lehr, The First 120 Years”, (Louis A. Lehr, Jr.)(Amazon), p. 82. 5. ^New York Times, Late Edition (East Coast), March 28, 1981. 6. ^Chicago Tribune, December 6, 1983. 7. ^New York Times, Late Edition (East Coast), March 27, 1986 8. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.timesherald.com/article/JR/20030626/NEWS01/306269993|title=Court: Ten Commandments plaque may stay|author=David Bernard|work=The Times Herald|date=June 26, 2003|accessdate=April 11, 2017}} 9. ^{{cite web|title=Board of Directors|url=http://historicphiladelphia.org/board-of-directors/|publisher=Historic Philadelphia|accessdate=April 18, 2017}} 10. ^{{cite web|title=Press release: University Of Pennsylvania Health System Agrees To Settle Voluntary Disclosure Of Improper Medicare Billing For Unnecessary Stent Procedures|url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-edpa/pr/university-pennsylvania-health-system-agrees-settle-voluntary-disclosure-improper|publisher=U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Pennsylvania|accessdate=April 18, 2017|date=January 19, 2017}} 11. ^{{cite news|last1=Michaels|first1=D|title=Third Circuit Court Judge Edward R. Becker Dies at 73|url=http://jewishexponent.com/2013/06/26/third-circuit-court-judge-edward-r-becker-dies-at-73/|accessdate=April 18, 2017|work=Jewish Exponent|date=June 26, 2013}} 12. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://writ.news.findlaw.com/hamilton/20060601.html|author=Marci Hamilton|title=A Tribute to Judge Edward R. Becker (1933 - 2006)|website=Writ|publisher=FindLaw|date=June 1, 2006|accessdate=December 27, 2012}} 13. ^{{cite journal|last1=Baylson|first1=Michael M.|title=U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Circuit Judge Edward R. Becker 'Remembering the Private Life of Judge Edward R. Becker'|journal=The Storied Third Branch|date=February 2013|url=https://law.duke.edu/sites/default/files/centers/judicialstudies/storiedthirdbranch/baylson.pdf|accessdate=April 18, 2017|publisher=Center for Judicial Studies-Duke Law School}} 14. ^{{cite news|author=Third Circuit Bar Ass'n|title=Third Circuit remembers Judge Becker|url=http://thirdcircuitbar.org/newsletters/ThirdCircuitBarAssociationNewsletter_1-1_July_2007.pdf|work=Newsletter, Vol. 1, No. 1|accessdate=March 4, 2014}}, p.3 15. ^{{cite web|last=Tushnet|first=Rebecca|authorlink=Rebecca Tushnet|title=The Judge Edward R. Becker Way|date=May 25, 2006|url=http://tushnet.blogspot.com/2006/05/judge-edward-r-becker-way.html|work=43(B)log|accessdate=March 4, 2014}} 16. ^1 2 {{cite news|last=Weiner|first=Tim|title=Edward R. Becker, 73, Judge on Federal Court of Appeals, Dies|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/20/us/20becker.html|accessdate=July 17, 2014|work=The New York Times|publisher=The New York Times Company|date=May 20, 2006|ref=nyt_obit}} 17. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.ccp.edu/site/news_room/pathways_magazine/pathways_summer08/law_society.html|title=William T. Coleman, Jr.’s Lifelong Dedication|publisher=Community College of Philadelphia|accessdate=December 27, 2012}} 18. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.ccp.edu/site/news_room/transcripts/0609/scullion.html|title=Sister Mary Scullion Receives 2009 Judge Becker Award|publisher=Community College of Philadelphia|date=June 1, 2009|accessdate=December 27, 2012}} 19. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.ccp.edu/site/news_room/transcripts/0610/college_snapshots.php|title=Judge Marjorie O. Rendell Receives 2010 Becker Award|publisher=Community College of Philadelphia|volume=18|issue=5|date=July 7, 2010}} 20. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.ccp.edu/site/news_room/press_releases/2011/042711.php|title=CFormer Gov. Edward G. Rendell to Receive Fifth Annual Judge Edward R. Becker Citizenship Award at Community College of Philadelphia|publisher=Community College of Philadelphia|date=April 27, 2011|accessdate=December 27, 2012}} 21. ^{{cite news|url=http://studentvanguard.com/2012/03/04/award-to-senator-casey-event-cancelled/|title=Award to Senator casey Event Cancelled|date=March 4, 2012|accessdate=December 27, 2012|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://archive.is/20130203072735/http://studentvanguard.com/2012/03/04/award-to-senator-casey-event-cancelled/|archivedate=February 3, 2013|df=}} 22. ^{{cite news|url=http://atlantadailyworld.com/2014/05/11/college-grad-meets-u-s-senator-big-deal/|title=College Grad Meets US Senator, Big Deal?|work=Atlanta Daily World|date=May 11, 2014|accessdate=January 21, 2015}} 23. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.philly.com/philly/business/20150116_Justice_Alito_accepts_an_award_that_honors_a_colleague.html|title=Justice Alito accepts an award that honors a colleague|website=Philly.com|date=January 16, 2015|accessdate=January 21, 2015}} 24. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.fordham.edu/info/23186/zephyr_teachout|title=Zephyr Teachout|accessdate=April 11, 2017}} External links
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